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Topic : Re: Is it correct to write "should/could/must be" in past tense narrative? Example in my own writing: Kazumi didn't reply to her boyfriend---or rather ex-boyfriend's---message. Instead, she stayed - selfpublishingguru.com

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: Re: Is it correct to write "should/could/must be" in past tense narrative? Example in my own writing: Kazumi didn't reply to her boyfriend---or rather ex-boyfriend's---message. Instead, she stayed

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Technically, they're both grammatically correct, though the sentence flows better using couldn't have been and should've been.

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